Archive for March, 2014

The New York Yankees owned the offseason, and on Tuesday, they begin their quest in substantiating their slew of pricey moves.
It started with Brian McCann, a seven-time All Star who signed a five-year, $85 million contract in November. Then the Yanks simply continued to up the ante more and more with Carlos Beltran (three years, $45 [...]

It's finally here.
It took a long month of spring workouts and practice games, but Opening Day is finally here. As a result, New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi and his coaching staff had to finalize the 25-man roster that will make the trip to Houston to take on the Astros during the first series of the season.
There was a lot to take from this [...]

As spring training continues to creep toward its completion, so do many of the position battles that were up for grabs on the New York Yankees.
Earlier this week, Joe Girardi closed the book on one battle when he named Michael Pineda the Yankees' fifth starter to begin the season.
Pineda was stellar all spring, finishing with a 2-1 record and [...]

As spring training continues to creep toward its completion, so do many of the position battles that were up for grabs on the New York Yankees.
Earlier this week, Joe Girardi closed the book on one battle when he named Michael Pineda the Yankees' fifth starter to begin the season.
Pineda was stellar all spring, finishing with a 2-1 record and [...]

CC Sabathia and the 2013 New York Yankees had a lot in common. Both looked old, broken down, overpriced and like shells of their once-great selves.
The Yankees missed the playoffs last year for just the second time since 1995. Sabathia had the highest ERA (4.18), home run rate (1.19), home run to fly ball ratio (13.0 percent), WHIP (1.37) [...]

CC Sabathia and the 2013 New York Yankees had a lot in common. Both looked old, broken down, overpriced and like shells of their once-great selves.
The Yankees missed the playoffs last year for just the second time since 1995. Sabathia had the highest ERA (4.18), home run rate (1.19), home run to fly ball ratio (13.0 percent), WHIP (1.37) [...]

Expectations are everything in the Bronx; they're hard to ignore when the club's history and current spending produce and project them so high.
They're more difficult to forgo because last season's 85-77 record left the team short of the postseason and sent them into the biggest reactionary frenzy since the winter that mended and retooled the 2008 [...]

Expectations are everything in the Bronx; they're hard to ignore when the club's history and current spending produce and project them so high.
They're more difficult to forgo because last season's 85-77 record left the team short of the postseason and sent them into the biggest reactionary frenzy since the winter that mended and retooled the 2008 [...]

Baseball debuts are always memorable.
Stephen Strasburg dropped jaws in his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 8, 2010, as the then-21-year-old right-hander struck out 14 batters in seven innings.
Chris Coste made his debut as a 33-year-old on May 26, 2006, 12 years and 973 games after beginning his professional [...]

Baseball debuts are always memorable.
Stephen Strasburg dropped jaws in his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 8, 2010, as the then-21-year-old right-hander struck out 14 batters in seven innings.
Chris Coste made his debut as a 33-year-old on May 26, 2006, 12 years and 973 games after beginning his professional [...]